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Pulp reference survey results
The following question was posed to 115 pulp fans on the Internet via e-mail: “What five pulp reference books (books about the pulps or the people who produced the pulps; not reprints of pulps or pulp stories) do you consider indispensable and why?”
Nearly half — 52 fans — responded with their top picks.
To read the story about the top picks, look for the Spring 2006 (No. 14) issue of Blood ’n’ Thunder.
Following are the complete results of the pulp reference survey:
(Because of ties, books getting seven or more votes earned a spot on among the “top five” books.)
Adventure House Guide to the Pulps: The Checklist of the Pulp Magazine Era, by Doug Ellis, John Locke and John Gunnison (Adventure House, 2000)
Yesterday's Faces: A Study of Series Characters in the Early Pulp Magazines, by Robert Sampson (six volumes; Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988-93)
Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines, by Frank M. Robinson and Lawrence Davidson (Collector's Press, 1998)
Bookery Fantasy's Ultimate Guide to the Pulps and Related Magazines 1896-1959, by Tim Cottrill (Bookery Press, 2001, 2005)
The Spider, by Robert Sampson (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987)
Mystery, Detective and Espionage Fiction: A Checklist of Fiction in the U.S. Pulp Magazines 1915-1974, by Michael L. Cook and Stephen T. Miller (two volumes; Garland Publishing, 1988)
The Great Pulp Heroes, by Don Hutchison (Mosaic Press, 1995; Book Republic Press, 2006)
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, by Marhsall B. Tymn and Mike Ashley (Greenwood Press, 1985)
The Hero Pulp Index, by Lohr McKinstry and Robert Weinberg (Opar Press, 1971)
The Duende History of the Shadow, by Will Murray (Odyssey Press, 1980)
The Collector's Index to Weird Tales, by Sheldon R. Jaffery and Fred Cook (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1985)
The Shudder Pulps: A History of the Weird Menace Magazines of the 1930s, by Robert Jones (FAX/Starmont, 1974; NAL/Dutton, 1978)
The Shadow Scrapbook, by Walter B. Gibson and Anthony Tollin (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979)
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-1998), by Stephen T. Miller and William G. Contento (CD-ROM; Locus Press; eight volumes, Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2005)
Monthly Terrors: An Index to Weird Fantasy Magazines Published in the United States and Great Britain, by Frank H. Parnell, with Mike Ashley (Greenwood Press, 1985)
The Index to ‘Adventure Magazine’, by Richard Bleiler (CD-ROM; Locus Press)
Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, by Philip Jose Farmer (Simon and Schuster, 1972; Bantam Books, 1973; Playboy Press, 1981)
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, by John Clute and Peter Nicholls (St. Martin's Press, 1995)
The Pulp Magazine Index, by Leonard A. Robbins (six volumes; Starmont, 1989)
The Night Master, by Robert Sampson (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982)
Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, by Michael L. Cook (Greenwood Press 1983)
Monthly Murders: A Checklist and Chronological Listing of Fiction in the Digest-size Mystery Magazines in the United States and England, by Michael L. Cook (Greenwood Press, 1982)
Keys to Other Doors: Some Lists for a Pulp Collector's Notebook, by John DeWalt (Morris Publishing, 1995, 1998)
Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1926-1950, by Donald B. Day (Perri Press, 1952; G.K. Hall, 1982)
The Pulp Jungle, by Frank Gruber (Sherbourne, 1967)
Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines, Robert Lesser (Gramercy, 1997)
The Other Detective Pulp Heroes, by Nick Carr (Tattered Pages Press, 1991)
The Steranko History of Comics, Vol. 1, by Jim Steranko (Crown Publishing Group, 1972)
The Gray Nemesis, by Howard Hopkins (Golden Perils Press, 1992; [CD-ROM] 2004)
The FictionMags Index, co-ordinated by William G. Contento (Web site; http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/0start.htm)
Danger Is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines 1896-1953, by Lee Server (Chronicle Books, 1993)
Cheap Thrills: An Informal History of the Pulp Magazine, by Ron Goulart (Arlington House, 1972; Ace Books, 1973; Hermes Press, 2006)
Under the Moons of Mars: A History and Anthology of 'The Scientific Romance' in the Munsey Magazines, 1912-1920, by Sam Moskowitz (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970)
Uncovered: The Hidden Art of the Girlie Pulps, by Douglas Ellis (Adventure House, 2003)
Seekers of Tomorrow: Masters of Modern Science Fiction, by Sam Moskowitz (World Publishing Co., 1966; Ballantine, 1967; Hyperion Press, 1974)
Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History, by Jack L. Chalker and Mark Owings (Mirage Press, 1991)
Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years : A Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines Amazing, Astounding, Wonder, and Others from 1926 Through 1936, by Everett F. Bleiler, with Richard Bleiler (Kent State University Press, 1998)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist 1700-1974, by Robert Reginald (two volumes; Gale Research Co., 1979)
The Pulps: Fifty Years of American Pop Culture, by Tony Goodstone (Chelsea House, 1970)
Pulp Magazine Thrillers: Heroes and Horrors of the ’30s and ’40s, by James Van Hise (Midnight Graffiti Publications, 1998)
Pulp Heroes of the Thirties, by James Van Hise (Midnight Graffiti Publications, 1994, 1997)
Magazines I Remember: Some Pulps, Their Editors, and What It Was Like to Write for Them, by Hugh B. Cave (Tattered Pages Press, 1994)
Starmont Index to Argosy 1930-43, by Fred Cook (Borgo Press, 1994)
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Donald Tuck (three volumes; Advent Publishers Inc., 1974)
Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers, by Lee Server (Checkmark Books, 2002)
Doc Savage: Arch Enemy of Evil, by Larry Widen and Chris Miracle (Fantasticon Press, 1995)
Bigger Than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage, by Marilyn Cannaday (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1990)
Who Goes There: A Bibliographic Dictionary of Pseudeonymous Literature in the Fields of Fantasy and Science Fiction, by James A. Rock (James A. Rock, 1979)
The Western Pulp Hero: An Investigation into the Psyche of an American Legend, by Nick Carr (Starmont House, 1989)
The Weird Tales Story, by Robert Weinberg (FAX Collector's Editions Inc., 1977; Wildside Press, 1999)
The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950, by Mike Ashley (Liverpool University Press, 2000)
Those Macabre Pulps, by Darrell C. Richardson (Adventure House, 2004)
Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature, by Erling B. Holtsmark (Greenwood Press, 1981)
Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke, by Philip Jose Farmer (Doubleday, 1972; Popular Library, 1972; Berkley Pub., 1981; Bison Books, 2006)
Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird and Horror Anthologies, by Michael Ashley and William G. Contento (Greenwood Press, 1995)
Science Fiction: The Early Years, by Everett F. Bleiler (Kent State University Press, 1990)
Science Fiction Magazine Story Index 1926-1995, by Terry A. Murray (McFarland & Co., 1999)
Science Fiction Magazine Checklist 1961-72, by William H. Desmond (Archive Press, 1973)
A Requiem for Astounding, by Alva Rogers (Advent Publishing Inc., 1964)
REHUPA.com (Web site; http://REHUPA.com/)
Reader's Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos, by Robert Weinberg, with E.P. Berglund (Robert Weinberg, 1969; Silver Scarab Press, 1973)
Pulpwood Editor: The Fabulous World of the Thriller Magazines Revealed by a Veteran Editor and Publisher, by Harold B. Hersey (Greenwood Press, 1974)
The Pulp Western: A Popular History of the Western Fiction Magazine in America, by John Dinan (Borgo Press, 1983; Bearmanor Media, 2004)
Pulp Masters, by James Van Hise (Midnight Graffiti Publications, 1996)
Pulp Fictioneers: Adventures in the Story Telling Business, by John Locke (Adventure House, 2004)
Pulografia, by Juri Nummelin (Nummelin, 2000)
Mystery Short Fiction: An Index to Mystery Magazines, Anthologies and Single-Author Collections, by William G. Contento (CD-ROM; Locus Press)
The MIT Science Fiction Society's Index to the S-F Magazines 1951-65, by Erwin S. Strauss (MIT Science Fiction Society, 1965)
Max Brand: The Big Westerner, by Robert Easton (University of Oklahome Press, 1970)
Max Brand Companion, by Jon Tuska and Vicki Piekarski (Greenwood Press, 1996)
Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, by Richard A. Lupoff (University of Nebraska Press, 2005)
Martians & Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Frederic Brown, by Jack Seabrook (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1993)
Man of Magic and Mystery: A Guide to the Work of Walter B. Gibson, by J. Randolph Cox (Scarecrow Press, 1988)
H.P. Lovecraft: A Biography, by L. Sprague de Camp (New English Library, 1975)
The Last Celt, by Glenn Lord (Donald M. Grant, 1976)
Kuudestilaukeavat/Six Guns, by Juri Nummelin (Nummelin, 2004)
King of the Pulps: The Life and Writings of H. Bedford-Jones, by Peter Ruber, Darrell C. Richardson and Victor A. Berch (Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2003)
Index of Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, by William G. Contento (G.K. Hall, 1984)
Index of Book Reviews in SF Magazines, by Piers Anthony (Unknown, 1964)
Howard Works (Web site; http://howardworks.com/)
Horror of the 20th Century: An Ilustrated History, by Robert Weinberg (Collectors Press, 2000)
History of Mystery, by Max Allan Collins (Collectors Press, 2001)
H.P. Lovecraft: A Life, by S.T. Joshi (Necronomicon Press, 1996)
Guide to Supernatural Literature, by Everett F. Bleiler (Gale Research, 1984)
Encyclopedia of Fantasy, by John Clute and John Grant (St. Martin's Press, 1997)
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan, by Irwin Porges (Brigham Young University Press, 1975)
Dime Detective Index, by James I. Traylor (Pulp Collector Press, 1986)
Deadly Excitements, Phantasm and Shadows, by Robert Sampson (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1989)
Complete Pulp Checklist, by John Locke (unknown)
Complete Checklist of Science Fiction Magazines, by Bradford M. Day (Science Fiction & Fantasy Publication, 1961)
The Collector's Handbook of Bronze, by Jay Ryan (Wild Cat Books, 2001)
Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines, by Peter Haining (Prion Books, 2000)
Chronology of Shadows, by Rick Lai (Fading Shadows, 1995)
Captain Future Handbook, by Chuck Juzak (Wild Cat Books, 2003)
Bronze Age: An Alternate Doc Savage Chronology, by Rick Lai (Fading Shadows, 1992)
Book of the Dead: Friends of Yesteryear: Fictioneers & Others, by E. Hoffman Price (Arkham House, 2001)
Black Mask Boys: Masters in the Hard-Boiled School of Detective Fiction, by William F. Nolan (Mysterious Press, 1987)
The Black Bat, by Tom Johnson (Golden Perils Press/Fading Shadows, 1990)
Biographical Dictionary to Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, by Robert Weinberg (Greenwood Press, 1988)
The Bibliography of Crime Fiction, 1749-1975, by Allen J. Hubin (University of California, San Diego, 1979)
Hawk's Author's Pseudonyms for Book Collectors, by Pat Hawk (Pat Hawk, 1992)
Art of the Imagination: 20th Century Visions of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy, by Frank M. Robinson, Robert Weinberg and Randy Broecker (Collectors Press, 2002)
Adventures of Doc Savage: A Definitive Chronology, by Jeff Deischer (Golden Eagle Publications, 2000)
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